... THE ELECTION. TO TUE EDITOR S OF THE LIVERPOOL MiERCURY. GENTuLE\IlN,-We have lost tho day in the election fleld. We have seen a temporary triumph of protection, knitted together by undermining defenders of the stalking-horse- The Bible and our Queen. But, although defeated, we have this assurance (which alone would give us a clear conscience) that'we have not nesd unlawful means in the ...

... (Jo 'a The returns of the Board of Trade for the ~'month and two months, ending. the 5th, of March a 20 last, have been published. The accounts of the th ' a~ggregaite. exports of British and Irish produce aand manufactures during the month exhibit the grw' ly' following. results: gr 0. 1852 ?? 5,363,552 e ?? 4,740,278 In ?? 4,801,970 showing. an increase on. last year of 13 per 74 cent. ...

... 10 (FROM A CORflESPONDENT.) 1i ifle Mr. Murray Ross, in a communication addressed terven ; to the Chamber of Commerce, has invited the at- it tur linson IN tention of capitalists to three important under- dayli takings, which he considers merit their considera- to thi tion, now that moneyis so abundant, and public en- holy, terprises are so scarce. The first, the construction strong of ...

... Vi On Friday last, in the presenee of a brilliant and v( intensely anxious assembly, composed of many PI members of both Houses of Parliament, and au oi unusual number of strangers, the new Premier tI made his Mgbt in the character of her Majesty's , principal adviser. They who listened to the noble it lord's address believe that it was worthy of his re- putation, if not of the position in ...

... COURT, &kC. OSBoRNE, TEiSDAY.- Her Majesty, Prince Albort, and the royal ampiy did not leave the grounds at Osborne yesterday. The royal dinner party included Sir Charles Eastlake, the Dean of Winchester, the Ron. Colonel and' Mrs. Crey, and the Rev. Mr. Protheroe. The Queen has appointed the Duchess of Athole to be mistress of the robes, in the room of the Duchess of Sutherland, resigned. ...

... liie ve. PARISH AFFAIRS. for TO TrTll EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. to GENTLicMEN,--Surely the select vestry are a body of go men superior to the Writer who signs himself A Rate- ild payer in your last paper, and above being dictated to by a ole disappointed would-be vestryman. If they alter their of course at hill bidding, hle will be the elector of the store- Dc- keeper I The idoa is ...

... LOCAL IN?UELLIGENCE. The screw-steamer C ity of Manchbester arrived at Phila-plt of deiphia on the 13th; aifter a ?? of 14 days, from this acne re RovA!t ~AMiHITHfEATRE.-TbO engagement of Mr. eensd ?? will close to-morrow evening, and next week the essti~ roperatic company will commence an engagement of twelve The P nighlts. . to tl he Ties ,MAraIoNvTrES.Lively, satirical, and yet good- docn ...

... THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26. Si The Sun says that M. Persigny, the French president's a minister, has just arrived in London. 0 The Sun announces the resignation of Almeday, foreign a xiinister in the Portuguese government. a GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.--The half-yearlyeueeting l3 was held to-day; Mr. Denison, ?? presided. He g regretted that additional money would be required. With vi reospect to ...

... HloUSE OF COMMONS, THURaSDAY, DEo. lo. W~ays and mneans,-considered in comimittee.-Ques. tion again proposed,- That towards raiainz the supply granted to her Majesty, from and after the 5th day of ,april,I1853, the duties granted and made payable by the Act 14 and 15 Vic., o. 36, upon inhabited dwelling-houses in Great Britain, according to the annual value thereof, shall cease and determine, ...

... .lROOiANCE AND CRIME3S OF T'E1 BlADEN I SI . i CESSION. I N. . U~ I Anril 0, The D'ailql News, after noticing thledeath of Chariec Leo 11 pold Frederick, Gralud Dukokof Bainden, `aye- T,1hi dcraleo willijani C of thils sovereign, howevier, raises a keotimotntqs May l4, 1 , tioen with respec tth ucoion, Thu grand duk Jai.-fltt Ylevies several sofas; the eldest of these is au idiot and to Ja ...

... tbat tb FRANOB.$84, The accounts from the departments through which the same pe president is to pass state that the authorities and the people 5304 fr are evorywhere actively preparing for his receptiou. number Theo police of St. Omer have, in ?? Of private was31 information, effected tho seizure of a quantity of gunpowder lug s concealed in the lodgings of a carrier named Lamy. OnAm being ...

... FOREIGNINTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. o A concusittee of tradesmen has just been formed with a Ii iii view of presenting to Louis Napoleon a sword of honour, and a diadem enriched with diamonds. The committee ? met in the saloons of a restaurateur in the Pablo Royal. a ? At the latter end of last week, the authorities ordered all or the engravings of the prince president in the costume of 5, emperor to ...